Some of the organisms assessed here have been considered previously in other import policies and risk assessments already exist for these pests. For those pests that had been considered by Biosecurity Australia in other risk assessments and for which import policies already exist, the need for new pest risk assessments was investigated. Where appropriate, the previous policy has been adopted for these pests associated with mangoes from India. To highlight the pests for which policy already exists, the superscript ‘EP’ has been used. Additionally, some organisms identified in this assessment have been recorded in some regions of Australia but due to interstate quarantine regulations are considered pests of regional concern. These organisms are identified with a superscript of the state for which regional pest status is considered.
Pests requiring risk assessments are listed in Table 4.1. To simplify the assessment process, pests have been considered in groups where they are closely related and share similar biological characteristics, behaviour on the host and pathway, and potential phytosanitary considerations.
Pest
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Common name
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Weevils [Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
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Sternochetus frigidus (Fabricius, 1787)
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Mango pulp weevil
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Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius, 1775)
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Mango seed weevil WA
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Fruit flies [Diptera: Tephritidae]
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Bactrocera caryeae (Kapoor 1971)
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Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi 1916)
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Guava fruit fly
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Bactrocera cucurbitae (Bezzi)
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Melon fruit fly
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Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912)
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Oriental fruit fly EP
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Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta and White, 2005
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Asian fruit fly
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Bactrocera tau (Walter, 1909)
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Pumpkin fruit fly
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Bactrocera zonata (Saunders, 1841)
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Peach fruit fly
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Armoured scales [Hemiptera: Diaspididae]
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Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (Signoret, 1869)
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Cyanophyllum scale WA, EP
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Parlatoria crypta (McKenzie, 1943)
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Mango white scale
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Mealybugs [Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae]
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Ferrisia malvastra (McDaniel, 1962)
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Malvastrum mealybug WA
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Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell, 1893j)
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Striped mealybug WA
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Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell, 1905)
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Coffee mealybug EP
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Rastrococcus iceryoides (Green, 1908a)
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Downy snowline mealybug
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Rastrococcus invadens Williams 1986b
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Mango mealybug
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Rastrococcus spinosus (Robinson, 1918)
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Philippine mango mealybug EP
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Moths [Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae]
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Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855)
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Cocoa tussock moth EP
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Caterpillar [Lepidoptera: Pyralidae]
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Deanolis sublimbalis (Sneller, 1899)
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Red-banded mango caterpillar
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Thrips [Thysanoptera: Thripidae]
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Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus (Hood, 1919)
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Mango thrips EP
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Fungi
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Elsinoë mangiferae Bitancourt and Jenkins
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Mango scab EP, WA
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Fusarium mangiferae Britz, M.J., Wingf. and Marasas
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Mango malformation
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